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a couple of:

İki insan veya nesneden bahsederken kullanılır:

She saw a couple of men get out.
He’ll stay here for a couple of hours.

Dozens of/hundreds of:

Sayıca çok olan insan veya nesneler için kullanılırlar:

He has got dozens of girl-friends.
There are hundreds of people who need new housing.

Few:

Olumsuz bir anlama sahiptir ‘hemen hemen hiç, beklenenden az’ anlamına gelir ve genellikle
very’den sonra kullanılır:

There are very few opportunities for promotion.
The police found very few clues to the murderer’s identity.
Hundreds of new records are produced each week, but few get into charts.

A few:

Olumlu bir anlama sahiptir. ‘Birkaç, çok az sayıda’ anlamındadır:

I had written a composition a few days ago.
She asked us a few questions.
I don’t know how much she’s got, but it must be a few billion.

 A few başka sözcüklerle de kullanılabilir:

just : How many do you want? Just a few please.

only : Only a few questions left.

quite : How many do you want? Quite a few.

a good : I have a good few friends.

dozen, hundred: They need a few hundred pounds nowadays.

the, my, his, etc : The few who came to the concert enjoyed it.
His few possessions were sold after his death.